We evaluated the rare and endangered plants in Lishan Nature Reserve, Shanxi Province by using the evaluation crite-ria of the plant prior protection ( two-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation ) .Taxus mairei is at the highest level of endan-gered species.Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Glycine soja, Ostrya japonica, Litsea pungens, Platycodon grandiflorum, Lindera glauca and Sinowilsonia henryi are at the second level.Populusp urdomii, Pteroceltis tatarinowii, Ulmus lamellose, Eupte-lea pleiospermum, Rhodiola rosea, Zanthoxylum planispinum, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Meliosma cuneifolia var.glabri-uscula, Meliosma vaitchiorum, Actinidia arguta, Kalopanax septemlobus, Dendrobenthamia japonica var.chinensis, Styrax hemsleyana, Styrax odoratissima, Chionanthus retusa, Callicarpa japonica var.angustata and Codonopsis pilosula are at the third level.Finally, we analyzed the causes of endangered plants and proposed the strategies for the conservation.